A 20-year-old New Rochelle man has been missing since April after packing up and removing all of his belongings without leaving behind a note or any forwarding information, according to police. Months later, investigators say they still have not located Juho Byeon, and they are now asking the public for help.
The New Rochelle Police Department said Byeon was last seen in April 2026, as first reported by Patch. According to the department, Byeon packed up and removed all of his belongings and left no note or forwarding information, a detail that has only deepened the mystery surrounding his disappearance. The circumstances of his exit — deliberate enough to gather his things, yet silent enough to leave no trail — have left detectives with few immediate leads.
Detective Bulfamante is leading the investigation into Byeon's whereabouts, per the same report. Police have described Byeon as an Asian man with brown eyes, standing between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-8, and weighing around 175 pounds. As Daily Voice noted in its own coverage, authorities have not provided an exact date or location for where Byeon was last seen, leaving a significant gap in the public timeline of his disappearance.
Police Ask Public for Tips
With no confirmed sightings and no further details released, the New Rochelle Police Department is leaning on the community for leads. Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Bulfamante at 914-654-2264, the department said.
Byeon's case arrives amid a string of other missing-person matters that have crossed New Rochelle police's desk this year. In one unrelated case, a New Rochelle Police Department alert sought the public's help locating 11-year-old King Richards, described as missing since March 2025 after his father, Dwight Richards Sr., took him, according to a notice posted on the City of New Rochelle website. A separate city notice later described the investigation's resolution differently, stating that on June 15, 2026, the department concluded a long-term missing child case with the arrest of Dwight Richards, this time referring to a 12-year-old whose mother had reported him missing in March 2025, according to a second posting from the City of New Rochelle. The two official postings differ on the child's age, and the city has not clarified the discrepancy.
Missing-Person Cases Across the Region
Byeon's disappearance is unfolding against a backdrop of broader missing-person efforts across Westchester County and beyond. The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services has said that 43 children and teens reported missing to police in Westchester County were located through the Westchester Missing Child Rescue Operation, according to the state agency's own announcement. That program is focused specifically on minors, a different population than Byeon, who is an adult.
On a national level, the federal National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs, publishes monthly reports and statistics covering unresolved missing-person, unidentified-person and unclaimed-person cases, along with American Indian and Alaska Native case statistics and tribal case reports, according to the Office of Justice Programs. It remains unclear whether Byeon's case has been entered into that federal database.
For now, the New Rochelle Police Department has not announced any new developments in the search for Byeon since the case was first publicized. Investigators are continuing to rely on tips from the public as they work to determine what happened after he packed his things and walked away without a word.
